OSHA Inspection: JTR CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2016-01-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a. At the construction site, 11437 River Hills Rd, Festus, MO, during activity such as, but not limited to, construction and raising of walls, attaching trusses to crane rigging, and handing supplies overhead to workers on ladders, where there was a possibility of head injury by impact, contact, or materials falling from above, hard hats were not worn.

Issued

2016-01-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a. At the construction site, 11437 River Hills Rd., Festus, MO, a stairwell opening was not protected by a cover or guardrail on October 21, 2015, and at other times during construction work exposing employees to a fall hazard.  b. At the construction site, 11437 River Hills Rd., Festus, MO, at the north side, first floor of the building, there was a 10 to 12 ft. fall hazard from the floor to the ground below.  Prior to and on October 21, 2015, no guardrail or any other fall protection was installed at this unprotected side, which was the day a fall injury had occurred at another location at the construction site.  c. At the construction site, 11437 River Hills Rd., Festus, MO, at the north side, first floor of the building, where there were window openings 18" from the inside floor, there was a 10 to 12 ft fall hazard from the window openings to the ground below.  Prior to and on October 21, 2015, no guardrail or any other fall protection was installed at the window openings, which was the day a fall injury had occurred at another location at the construction site.

Issued

2016-01-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a. Where employees were exposed to fall hazards at the construction site, 11437 River Hills Rd, Festus, MO, including during the week of October 19, 2015, a training program, as described at 1926.503(a)(2)(i) through (viii), was not provided and implemented.  Abatement certification and abatement documentation is required for this violation.  The documentation should include written verification of abatement, applicable measurements or monitoring results, and photographs or videos which you believe will be helpful.  The abatement certification sheet is enclosed with the citation(s).

Issued

2016-01-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours:  a. An in-patient hospitalization injury that occurred on October 21, 2015, at a construction site at 11437 River Hills Rd. was not reported.